Journey to the Centre of the Earth

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CHAPTERS 1-4
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A. Complete the crossword with words from the box.
calm

top

uncle

nervous

inside

volcano

Clues
Across
1. The Professor, Axel and Hans talked
to a kind man in the ....... .
2. Runic is an old ....... .
5. Hans was very ....... .
6. The volcano isnt going to ....... .
8. Its very hot ....... the Earth.
Down
1. Lava comes out of a ....... .
3. Axel was ....... when he saw the vapour.
4. Professor Lidenbrock is Axels ....... .
7. They walked to the ....... of the volcano.

erupt

language

village

B. Put the sentences from the story in the correct order. Then match the sentences to the
pictures.

Axel and Uncle Otto meet Hans.

Axel reads the code.

Uncle Otto, Hans and Axel go into the

volcano.

Axel and Uncle Otto get to Reykjavik.

Uncle Otto finds a parchment in an old

book.
c

Axel and Uncle Otto prepare to go to

Iceland.

C. Circle the correct answer.

1. Axel and Uncle Otto live in ....... .
a) Germany
b) Iceland
c) Denmark
2. When he understands the code, Axel is ...... .
a) happy
b) scared
c) excited
3. Uncle Otto wants to go to ....... .
a) Copenhagen
b) the centre of the Earth
c) Hamburg

4. Arne Saknussemms name is on ....... .

a) a column
b) the top of the volcano
c) a bag
5. To go down into the hole, the men use ....... .
a) a rock
b) a rope
c) scientific instruments
6. At the bottom of the hole, there is a ....... .
a) rope
b) rock storm
c) cave
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T OO R
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T HK ES HT EE EA TC H2 E: RC H A P T E R S 5 - 8
A. Label the illustrations with words from the box. Then complete each sentence from the
story with the correct word from the box.
back

eyes

ear

a. ...........................

hands

neck

b. ...........................

head

d. ...........................

e. ...........................

c. ...........................
f. ...........................

1. Hans put his ........................... against the wall.

2. They filled their ........................... with water and drank.
3. Axel hit his ........................... on a rock.
4. When Axel woke up, he was on his ........................... .
5. The fish didnt have any ........................... .
6. The plesiosaurs long ........................... came out of the water.
B. Match the beginning of the sentence in column A with the correct ending in column B.
A
1. Uncle Otto made

B
..... a. a hole in the wall.

2. After three days

..... b. on the other side of the wall.

3. There was water

..... c. under the Earth.

4. Hans worked carefully to make

..... d. two hundred metres from the raft.

5. Uncle Otto didnt know that there was a sea

..... e. three electric lamps.

6. Two creatures were fighting

..... f. they got to the end of the tunnel.

C. Write T (True) or F (False) next to each sentence.

..... 1. The first tunnel went to a sea under the Earth.
..... 2. At the end of the first tunnel, Axel was tired, hungry and thirsty.
..... 3. Hans heard water through the wall of the second tunnel.
..... 4. Uncle Ottos lamp fell.
..... 5. Hans hit his head on a rock.
..... 6. The sea and the trees near the beach were grey.
..... 7. Axel, Uncle Otto and Hans made a raft from tall mushrooms.
..... 8. Hans caught a fish. The fish was extinct on Earth.
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TW
O OT RH KE S THEEAECT H 3E :R C H A P T E R S 9 1 3
A. Find the words from the box in the puzzle. Then write the correct word under each
picture.
jungle

laugh

light

message
M E S

knife

storm

island
5

S A G E F

L A U G H J

ship

S D

S L S L A U T K
...........................

S L A N D N

O G H J U G M I

R H

N G L E F

...........................
6

M T P R F E L E
...........................
3

...........................
7

...........................

...........................

...........................

...........................

B. Use a word from the puzzle in exercise A to complete each sentence.

1. Hans and Uncle Otto started to ........................... because Axel thought the geyser was a sea
creature.
2. Suddenly, there was a ........................... with rain, thunder and lightning.
3. Near the beach at the end of the sea, there was a ........................... with very tall trees.
4. Axel found a ........................... on the ground near the cave.
5. Arne Saknussemms initials! said Uncle Otto. I think its a ........................... . This is the
correct route.
6. To start the explosion, Axel used a match to ........................... the end of a rope.
7. Stromboli is a small ........................... near Sicily, in the Mediterranean.
8. Uncle Otto, Axel and Hans wanted to find a ........................... to take them to Germany.
C. Put the words in the correct order to form a sentence.
1. for / days / several / storm / The / continued .................................................................... .
2. man / The / more / than / tall / three / metres / was .......................................................... .
3. Otto / to / cave / the / walked / Uncle .............................................................................. .
4. impossible / It / was / continue / to .................................................................................. .
5. difficult / was / It / sit / the / on / raft / to ........................................................................ .
6. continued / to / volcano / The / erupt ................................................................................ .
7. boats / different / The / all / colours / were ...................................................................... .
8. kind / fishermen / were / The / very .................................................................................. .
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FINAL TEST
A. Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.
1. Uncle Otto found a parchment / language in an old Runic book.

2. Axel and Uncle Otto prepared / made for the journey to Iceland.
3. Axel, Uncle Otto and Hans used a rope to go down the hole / beach.
4. Axel, Uncle Otto and Hans walked next to the water / wires, deep into the Earth.
5. Axel fell / ran over a rock.
6. Axel thought / heard waves.
7. Axel, Uncle Otto and Hans caught / sat fish.
8. There was a big storm / thunder when they were on the raft.
9. The sea water took / gave the raft into the tunnel and down the waterfall.
10. Stromboli is a small cave / island in the Mediterranean Sea.
20 points (2 points each)

B. Match the description to the pictures below. Write the letter of the picture after each
sentence.
b
1. Im a professor, and an expert in geology. .....
a
2. I translated the code. .....
3. Im a guide from Iceland. .....
4. Ive got blue eyes and long, red hair. .....

5. I didnt want to go into the volcano. .....

6. Im continuing to study geology. .....
7. Scientists from many countries come and
listen to me describe our journey. .....

14 points (2 points each)

C. Complete the book report with the words below.

Uncle Otto and Axel find a parchment

with a secret 1. ........................... . The
code says: Go into the volcano Sneffels
Yokul and you will come to the
2. ........................... of the Earth. Axel
and Uncle Otto find a 3. ...........................
called Hans, and they go into the volcano.
They have many 4. ........................... .
Deep inside the Earth there is an
underground 5. ..........................

and Uncle Otto, Axel and Hans

see two sea creatures fighting. The
creatures are 6. ........................... on
Earth. Later, Uncle Otto, Axel and
Hans use explosives to
7. ........................... a tunnel. The
8. ........................... takes them into a
volcano. The volcano erupts, and
Uncle Otto, Axel and Hans are out of
the black Earth and in the sun again.

16 points (2 points each)

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